3 of family killed as car rams into mini truck

COIMBATORE: Three members of a family were killed and two others injured when the car in which they were travelling rammed a mango-laden mini truck in the wee hours of Monday near Udumalpet Housing Board Unit in Tirupur district.
The victims were returning home in Madathikulam after late night Ramzan shopping in Coimbatore when the tragedy occurred.
According to Udumalpet police, Mohammed Ismail (76), his wife Muneesa (60), A Sulaiman (55), his wife Rabiya Sulaiman (45) and their two sons Faizal Hameed (28) and Riyaz (16) were returning to Madathikulam after shopping in Coimbatore.
Umar Farooq (23), who was on the wheels in the car, rammed a truck loaded with mangoes a few minutes after midnight when the vehicle reached Udumalpet Housing Board Unit. While Mohammed Ismail and Muneesa died on the spot, Umar Farooq breathed his last on way to hospital. Faizal Hameed and Sulaiman were injured in the accident and the remaining people escaped with minor injuries.
The truck after colliding with the car careened and rammed into another car that was parked on the roadside and ran into a shop before it came to a halt.
“We have arrested the driver of the truck and he has been remanded to custody,” said C Murugaiyyan, inspector, Udumalpet police station.
The truck was on its way to Kerala with a consignment of mangoes from Dindigul district. The driver of the vehicle Sijin Kumar (30) of Thalassery in Kerala was arrested after the incident.
Traffic was briefly disrupted on the Udumalpet –Palani National Highway after the accident. Udumalpet police have registered a case.